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The magazine’s parent company, Time Warner, owned about 20% of Turner Broadcasting System stock.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Clarence Barron, this magazine’s founder, called investing “the application of money to practical ends,” as opposed to gambling, where “the gains of the successful merely offset the losses of the unsuccessful.”

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The photoshoot, published on the fashion magazine's website, took place at a property on Lawrence Hill in Londonderry and showcased local creative talent.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

His success helped propel the family to the wealthiest echelons, with an estimated net worth of $11.6 billion in 2024, ranking No. 38 on Forbes magazine’s list of the richest American families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The twenty-three-year-old appeared on the magazine’s cover, disguised by the makeup and shaggy gray wig he wore for the role of an eighty-year-old character in one of the Mercury’s plays.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow